UN Nuclear Watchdog: Iran Sharply Increased Its Stockpile Of Enriched Uranium

UN Nuclear Watchdog: Iran Sharply Increased Its Stockpile Of Enriched Uranium

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The UN's nuclear watchdog says Iran has sharply increased its stockpile of enriched uranium amid talks to revive a 2015 agreement to curb Tehran's atomic program. Several media outlets said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) noted in its latest confidential quarterly report on March 3 that Iran now has more than 33.2 kilograms of highly enriched uranium with a purity of up to 60 percent, a level which means it can quickly be processed to create weapons-grade material. It takes around 25 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium, which is around…

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